[games_access] Game Accessibility Convention?

[d. michelle hinn]

Hi Richard,

This sounds like a great thing for the SIG to get involved with -- can
you attend an online meeting tomorrow at 12noon (US eastern time)? If
so, email me offlist and I can give you instructions on how to join the
meeting.

Also, anyone else who is interested in donating some of their time to
business related to the Game Accessibility SIG of the IGDA, send an
email to me at hinn at uiuc.edu and I can talk to you more about what we do
during the SIG business meetings.

Thanks!
Michelle
IGDA Game Accessibility SIG Chair

-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 9:46 AM
To: IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [games_access] Game Accessibility Convention?

>>you might be interested in: http://www.svgopen.org/2005/
>>
>>There will almost certainly be an accessibility games thread....
>>and note the location.


HI Jonathan,

Thanks for your suggestion! I know several people from the University of
Twente and I'll approach them next week. Although I don't know the
convention very well, it sure is a possibility.

Thanks!

Richard

ps: Dan Gärdenfors of SITREC (www.sitrec.kth.se) recently suggested
especially adding games to the convention that use alternative
interfaces.
Any other thoughts?




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jonathan Chetwynd" <j.chetwynd at btinternet.com>
To: "IGDA Games Accessibility SIG Mailing List" <games_access at igda.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 17, 2004 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: [games_access] Game Accessibility Convention?


> Richard,
>
> Please book me in!
>
> Please be sure there's an online thread.
>
> regards
>
> Jonathan Chetwynd
> http://www.peepo.co.uk     "It's easy to use"
> irc://freenode/accessibility
>
> On 17 Oct 2004, at 14:17, AudioGames.net wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> For some time I have been thinking about (organizing) a "Game
> Accessibility"
> convention here in the Netherlands. I've had a talk about game
> accessiblity
> with Jeroen van Mastrigt, who is currently the new Chapter Coordinator
> of
> the Dutch devision of IGDA (http://www.igda.org/amsterdam) and also
> coordinator of the Game Design course over at the Utrecht School of
the
> Arts. Jeroen also organized last years Flux event during the Level Up
> games
> research convention, also here in Holland (maybe some of you were
> there) and
> he thought it was a good idea.
>
> Instead of doing the brainstorming all by myself, I thought it would
be
> a
> nice idea to have a discussion about this with all the people on this
> list,
> to see what your opinions/ideas of such a convention are.
>
> My initial thoughts are about a "game accessibility" convention for
> researchers, designers, students (with presentations of research and
> round-table conversations) combined with a "accessible games"
> convention,
> where various designers and students get the chance to display their
> games
> to the (disabled) public. Currently the subject is raised at
conventions
> about assistive technologies (like the ICCHP and recently the ICDVRAT)
> and
> as round-table conversations at game conventions like the GDC. I
> propose a
> convention that is specifically about game accessibily and accessible
> electronic entertainment.The goals of the convention would be to raise
> awareness among 'regular' game developers, share research (get to see
> what
> everyone else is doing) and also introduce disabled people to
> (electronic)
> games. For instance, in my experience there are still hundreds of
blind
> children and adults who never heard that there is something as a "game
> for
> the blind". And I think such a convention could get worldwide
attention.
> Although I'm thinking mostly "computer games" here, the festival
doesn't
> have to not limit itsself to this. It could maybe also include
> accessible
> (electronic) toys (as far as I know there isn't a convention for
> accessible
> toys yet) ? There are several accessible game designs I know of here
in
> Holland that I would like to include, such as a breath-controller game
> (for
> asmatic children) and an installation with a game especially tailored
> for a
> specific individual with a mental disability. And I wouldn't mind if
> companies that develope hardware which is used for accessible gaming
> would
> display their product as well.
>
> Parties I know that would like to be involved would be the Utrecht
> School of
> the Arts (my academy where I occasionaly give a lecture on game
audio),
> IGDA, DIGRA, the Dutch Accessibility foundation (where I work
part-time
> and
> with whom I co-developed Drive, a racing game for the blind), the
> University
> of Utrecht (who also took part in last years Level Up convention),
etc.
> Of
> course, I still have to contact various parties for this idea but I
> already
> know that some are enthousiastic about the idea. And of course there
> should
> be a sponsor, preferably a big name like Sony or EA Games.
>
> I don't even know if it's possible to setup a convention solely with
> this
> subject. Maybe it can only exist if part of a bigger (game)
convention.
> However, I'm very interested in what your thoughts are, what is should
> be
> about, how much potentional it could have, etc.
>
> so...?
>
> Richard
>
> http://www.audiogames.net
>
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